carving pumpkins

What is October without carving some pumpkins?

The kids got to pick out whatever pumpkin they wanted from our bounty.

Then they each drew on a face which we helped them carve out.

I didn't tell the other kids that this was the fourth pumpkin Drake carved (but the first one with permission).

And here they are in all their glory.

Happy October!

fun in the fall

We picked all our pumpkins and dug up our carrots.

The kids have been eating a lot of carrots.  They don't always rinse them off, so Avery often has a ring of dirt around her mouth...

Graham's garden put out some mini pumpkins.  I like to use them for decoration in our home.

More pumpkins, obviously.

We tried planting watermelon again this year--two different varieties.  The plants didn't die, but they certainly didn't get enough water to grow very much.

The kids still ate what little there was. 

Our front flower bed is full of color.

The kids enjoy playing in the dirt by the house that we have yet to do anything with.

Drake took it upon himself one day to carve a few pumpkins out back.

I don't even know what he used to carve them... and I'm not sure I want to.

I'm just grateful he had a good time and didn't hurt himself in the process.

And lastly, the kids decided to use the fallen leaves in our backyard for a fence decoration.

A barbed wire fence...

It kept them busy for a while.

And yes, I was right there and they were careful.

No kids were hurt in the making of this decoration.

this girl is loved

Lindy gets a lot of love in this house, as is evidenced by the following bunch of pictures:

Gotta love her... and they do.

good times

Here are just a handful of events during Lindy's first week of life.

Elder Jed Cameron and Andrew Pieper surprised us with a visit.  They were some stellar missionaries that served in our ward before I was even pregnant with Lindy.  It was fun to see them in street clothes and find out what they are up to now.

Grammie helped our kids carve pumpkins from our garden.

One of them was a zucchini- pumpkin hybrid.

My mom made my recovery easy and I am forever grateful.

Shad's parents stopped by for a little while to see the new one.

Drake was happy to read a book to Papa.

There were other friends that stopped by to see Lindy, but I didn't get pictures.  I don't take pictures of everything that happens... shockingly enough.